India, Once a Coal Goliath, Is Fast Turning Green

Post by agumonkey » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 7:06 AM UTC

L_Rahman wrote: post #3

Parts of the theory of disruption - specifically that an entity with less entrenched structures, can solve problems in more efficient ways - applies to nation states as well. When 25% of your country has no electricity at all, you get to imagine parts of your grid from the ground up. If there's an expectation of load-shedding and your grid doesn't have to be at a 100% in all places, you have room to make mistakes. Mo…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 7:16 AM UTC

starik36 wrote: post #115

threeseed wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course India was allowed to use more coal. Paris is a voluntary agreement. India, like all countries, can do whatever on earth they want. Just like Trump could've stayed in the agreement, behind the scenes done absolutely nothing for the environment (like he is now) and there would've been a lot less criticism. The fact he didn't choose this option tells you everything. It was a political decision only.

Doesn't it also stop the transfer of money from US to other countries e.g. the $100 billion annually funded by the developed nations for developing nations? If that's the case, it's not a political decision only.

Post by arjie » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 7:48 AM UTC

L_Rahman wrote: post #3

Parts of the theory of disruption - specifically that an entity with less entrenched structures, can solve problems in more efficient ways - applies to nation states as well. When 25% of your country has no electricity at all, you get to imagine parts of your grid from the ground up. If there's an expectation of load-shedding and your grid doesn't have to be at a 100% in all places, you have room to make mistakes. Mo…

Post by rajangdavis » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 8:22 AM UTC

sonink wrote: post #104

pvsukale3 wrote: post #87

I am a young Indian. I have a dream . The dream that we are running electric vehicles. We have banned plastic everywhere. We have stopped burning our garbage. We have improved air quality. I think we can start with auto-rikshaws and public transport. Auto rickshaw constitute to a lot of traffic and pollution in the cities. We could replace them with smart electric ones. They move around only in cities so it won't be…

Auto-rickshaws are already ALL electric in some cities. Haridwar for one.

Post by ygaf » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 8:38 AM UTC

matt4077 wrote: post #88

jklinger410 wrote: post #74

This seems precisely timed considering how Trump backed out of the Paris agreements partially because India was allowed to build MORE coal.

There are two reasons why Trump backed out: (a) he enjoys the look of horror on conscientious' peoples' faces, and (b) it was the only quick "win" with his hardcore supporters that was available. It's disingenuous to insist that India should lower their power consumption, considering they currently consume only 1/15 as much as the US per capita: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?contex...